Tough-love
"Tough-love" in a Sentence (4 examples)
The system's got some of our finest men being tough-loved to death!
In time, the counselors at the program tough-loved me into acknowledging that I was using my disabilities as an excuse to drink and drug.
He must be tough-loved by the Church.
He tough-loved the hell out of me without ever knowing what tough love meant.
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